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I hope your summer has started off with a nice Memorial Day weekend vacation. As I write this today, I’ll be going later for a memorial tribute to Brandon Dronet - you may recall that I wrote about him a few months back. LSU will be adding his name on the Memorial Wall on campus. You can go to this site, Brandon Dronet Memorial Fund, if you care to donate to LSU in his honor.

I had a nice month of May. Started off in Memphis, for the Beale Street Music Festival. Highlights included The Gin Blossoms and Jason Mraz, along with Little Richard, Huey Lewis and the News, and Bryan Adams. I missed Jazzfest this year and Breaux Bridge. Just impossible to do all those things that occur that first weekend in May - such a great time of year! I also made my first trip to the Greek Festival in New Orleans and the Jambalaya Festival here at home. Saw my first glimpses of the Lakview area in NO and it is still devastating to see.

I had a great time with Matt Doran and Chad Braud, joining me once again at Superior Grill. Look for that trio at least once a month at Superior, and possibly some new shows at Churchill’s. We tend to find some fun Pop music cheese and see how far off we can go.

June finds me with a nice schedule. Doing a Sunday afternoon in New Roads at Satterfields, a new gig back in St. Francisville - Fat Mama’s Tamales (related to the one in Natchez?), and back at all the usual spots. Spanky’s also has it’s 3rd Annual Beach Party on June 25! Another day of live music and outdoor cooking, all day and night. Get out your coconut bras and grass skirts, tourist shirts and parrot-head gear - we’ll be BBQing and jamming with, what I hope will be, and island feel, mon!

Happy birthdays to my sister, Kim, my buddy Joel (actually at the end of May), his wife Angie, and my singing partner in Elvis, Gerard.

Thanks for your continued support. I’m grateful for those of you who check this site and come to see me so often.

Kirk